What if the most unselfish thing you could do was to pursue pleasure? To look for delight? To feel joy? We make the case for the transformative power of joy, pleasure and delight.

Original Air Date: October 12, 2019

Guests: 

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/ross-gay" target="_blank">Ross Gay</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/kathryn-bond-stockton" target="_blank">Kathryn Bond Stockton</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/laurie-santos" target="_blank">Laurie Santos</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/lynne-segal" target="_blank">Lynne Segal</a>

Interviews In This Hour: 

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/365-days-delight-poets-guide-finding-joy" target="_blank">365 Days Of Delight: A Poet's Guide To Finding Joy</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/queer-theorist-ecstatic-kissing" target="_blank">A Queer Theorist On Ecstatic Kissing</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/laboratory-joy-psychologist-science-feeling-good" target="_blank">Laboratory of Joy: A Psychologist On The Science of Feeling Good</a> — <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/revolution-will-be-joyful-feminist-lynne-segal-fighting-power-pleasure" target="_blank">The Revolution Will Be Joyful: Feminist Lynne Segal On Fighting Power With Pleasure </a>— <a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/people-power-happiness" target="_blank">The People Power Of Happiness</a>

What if the most unselfish thing you could do was to pursue pleasure? To look for delight? To feel joy? We make the case for the transformative power of joy, pleasure and delight. Original Air Date: October 12, 2019 Guests: Ross Gay — Kathryn Bond Stockton — Laurie Santos — Lynne Segal Interviews In This Hour: 365 Days Of Delight: A Poet's Guide To Finding Joy — A Queer Theorist On Ecstatic Kissing — Laboratory of Joy: A Psychologist On The Science of Feeling Good — The Revolution Will Be Joyful: Feminist Lynne Segal On Fighting Power With Pleasure — The People Power Of Happiness

What if the most unselfish thing you could do was to pursue pleasure? To look for delight? To feel joy? We make the case for the transformative power of joy, pleasure and delight.

Original Air Date:&nbsp;October 12, 2019

Guests:&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/ross-gay" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ross Gay</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/kathryn-bond-stockton" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kathryn Bond Stockton</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/laurie-santos" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laurie Santos</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/people/lynne-segal" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lynne Segal</a>

Interviews In This Hour:&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/365-days-delight-poets-guide-finding-joy" rel="noopener noreferrer">365 Days Of Delight: A Poet's Guide To Finding Joy</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/queer-theorist-ecstatic-kissing" rel="noopener noreferrer">A Queer Theorist On Ecstatic Kissing</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/laboratory-joy-psychologist-science-feeling-good" rel="noopener noreferrer">Laboratory of Joy: A Psychologist On The Science of Feeling Good</a>&nbsp;—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/revolution-will-be-joyful-feminist-lynne-segal-fighting-power-pleasure" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Revolution Will Be Joyful: Feminist Lynne Segal On Fighting Power With Pleasure&nbsp;</a>—&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ttbook.org/interview/people-power-happiness" rel="noopener noreferrer">The People Power Of Happiness</a>

The Power of Pleasure and Joy

Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are <a href="https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/ttbook">now archived in the Library of Congress</a>. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hostsAnne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atoms-and-eden-9780199743162?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;">Atoms and Eden</a>. Learn more at <a href="http://wondercabinetproductions.com">wondercabinetproductions.com</a>.

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Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are now archived in the Library of Congress. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hosts Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of Atoms and Eden. Learn more at wondercabinetproductions.com.

Wonder Cabinet is an independent podcast from Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson, Peabody Award-winning creators of public radio's To The Best Of Our Knowledge. For 35 years, that show brought long-form conversations to 200+ stations nationwide; its interviews are <a href="https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/ttbook" rel="noopener noreferrer">now archived in the Library of Congress</a>. Episodes feature intimate, long-form conversations with scientists, philosophers, writers, and artists who are re-imagining our relationship with the planet. Some study black holes or quantum entanglement; others map mycelial networks or count ancient tree rings. And some explore dream worlds, myths, and fairy tales to revive ways of knowing that challenge what we think we understand about the nature of reality. The name references Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities—private collections of shells, fossils, astronomical instruments, and saints' relics that existed at a moment when the scientific revolution was still in conversation with older ways of knowing the world. Today, another shift is taking place, as mechanistic models give way to more holistic, relational understandings of life on a sentient planet. Wonder Cabinet lives at that threshold. About the hostsAnne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson co-founded To The Best Of Our Knowledge. Steve hosts Luminous, a podcast about the science and philosophy of psychedelics, and is the author of <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/atoms-and-eden-9780199743162?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Atoms and Eden</a>. Learn more at <a href="http://wondercabinetproductions.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">wondercabinetproductions.com</a>.

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